Bug 312422

Description Rudolf Hornig 2010-05-11 09:29:50 EDT

Build Identifier: 3.5.2

When using gdb 7.1 (MINGW) (and 7.0 too), when I set an environment variable, it is set by the "set environment VAR VALUE" command but because of a gdb bug the process does not receive the new variable. This causes the debug session to fail if path to required DLLs are set in the process environment (i.e. on the environment tab). This seems to be a gdb bug (http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=102435&aid=2994861&group_id=2435) but somehow it should be worked around in CDT too.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
- Make sure you are using gdb 7.x
- Create a small C project using:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
int main()
{
printf("TEST = %s\n", getenv("TEST"));
return 0;
}

Create a lauch configuration and set the TEST environement variable on the Environment tab to "HELLOWORLD"

Run the program. It will display correctly TEST=HELLOWORLD

Now debug with the same configuration. It will print TEST=(null)